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Incoming Students

Information for New Graduate Students Fall 2017

Welcome to the Computer Science Department at The University of Texas at Austin! You were admitted to our program because we believe you will be a future star in the field of computer science, and we are very honored to have you join our department!

Below are very important dates and useful information. Links are embedded in the checklists you can download at the bottom of this page to provide you with additional information and answer your questions. We encourage you to use these links. If you do not find the information you need, please contact the CS Graduate Office.

June/July

All new international students can schedule their International Briefing & Check-In (IBC) with the International Office. New international students MUST check-in with the international office prior to registration on August 25.

July 16

All students - Please submit your Background Coursework Form (link below) to the CS Graduate Office for review by this date.

August 18

International Student Orientation, Lunch & Resource Fair from 9:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m. in the Texas Union Ballroom. (Attendance is recommended.) View other events and new student information here: https://world.utexas.edu/isss/students/new

August 24 and 29

New CS graduate student information sessions in GDC 6.302, August 24 and 29 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Be sure to attend one of these sessions to have questions answered and pick up or submit paperwork. While I'll be happy to follow up with you after you have attend an information session, it isn't possible to provide individual information sessions. No prior sign up is necessary. Just come to whichever session works for your schedule.

Pay your tuition and fees by 5:00 p.m. This is the 4th class day. After this date you cannot make your own changes to your registration.

September 6 - September 15

Changes to your registration must be made in the department offering the course. If it's a CS course please see Katie Dahm in GDC 2.728.

Advising

PhD: Incoming PhD students need to send their proposed course schedule to the CS Graduate Office via email by August 7th for approval by the Graduate Adviser. The advising bar will not be removed until the Graduate Adviser notifies the CS Graduate Office of his approval. All PhD students must register for CS 398T their first fall semester. CS 398T does not count towards your degree hours but does count towards your required 9 hours of registration.

Masters: There is no formal advising for masters students. The advising bar will be cleared prior to registration. Please direct any questions to the CS Graduate Office.

For all students:

Download the checklists which apply to you. We have provided both embedded links and URLs to each site.